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As the global marketplace imposes increasing demands on companies to minimize the environmental impact of their products, it is becoming of utmost importance that organizations integrate a sound environmental management system (EMS) into their overall business structure. Crucial to this initiative is ISO 14000, regarded as the most far-reaching series of quality management standards released to date. In the ISO 14000 Answer Book, three experts in the field explain and clarify the numerous intricacies and unique requirements of ISO 14000 by providing quick and reliable answers to commonly asked questions.

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This book considers the highly topical, and rapid changes over recent decades in Hong Kongs labour market in order to answer these questions. With waves of immigration and emigration; an improvement in the level of skill and education; and increasing participation by women, Hong Kongs labour market is changing. This book examines the economic, social and political factors affecting labour markets, management style and organised labour in recent years, and examines enduring influences such as the Chinese cultural stress on family collectivism and many changes such as de-industrialisation following the transfer of manufacturing to the Chinese mainland. ... Read more

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The American Navy and Liberia : an address before the American Colonization Society, January 18, 1876 / by Commodore R.W. Shufeldt, U.S.N. is a historical publication which is considered to be one of the top primary source publications on the subjects of African American's and slavery. Qontro Historical Reprints is republishing high quality copies of the original publications to allow those conducting research, collectors of this type of historical documents to obtain complete copies of the original documents as they were published. Our reprints are of the highest quality and we take pride in publishing high quality editions of all publications that we produce. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Mark Twain once famously said "there was but one solitary thing about the past worth remembering, and that was the fact that it is past and can't be restored."  Well, over recent years, The British Library, working with Microsoft has embarked on an ambitious programme to digitise its collection of 19th century books.

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Publisher: Springfield, Mass. : Springfield Board of TradePublication date: 1912Subjects: Amherst CollegeMassachusetts Agricultural CollegeNotes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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Fine Weird Fiction, But Not For Everyone
Were it not for the board game Arkham Horror, I would never have heard of The King in Yellow. Tantalized by its concept - a play that drives anyone who reads it insane - and encouraged by the knowledge that H. P. Lovecraft had read it, I dove eagerly into the book. I am pleased to report that it did not drive me mad.

The King in Yellow is a collection of ten loosely connected short stories - the first few reminiscent of Edgar Allen Poe with a distinct focus on the King in Yellow, his yellow sign, and his play; the remainder more romantic, less macabre, and sharing only a common character or setting with the stories preceding. At times the work has an engaging and modern feel; at others one is reminded of bad English novels and bored children listening to ghost stories by a campfire. Still, I found the overall experience enjoyable.

Because of its disjointed nature, it is hard to recommend this book to anyone - it simply has no target audience! Completist fans of the Cthulhu Mythos should definitely give it a read but horror enthusiasts may be disappointed.

A Long Awaited Volume
As the title suggests I have been waiting for this book for a good while and I have finally found it here at Amazon. Since many of the hardcovers are out of print "The King in Yellow" is hard to come by. However some publishers have carried on printing hardcovers and this one is very nice. It has a library binding which means they added a lot of reinforcing stiching to strengthen it and make it easier to read as well. Needless to say they did a good job! I just love the subtle horror of the stories. I almost wish the terrible fictional book of the same name as this one existed.

Read it for the last two stories.
The only really good stories in this book, are the last two, "The Street of Our Lady Of The Fields" and "Rue Barree". The rest is only so so. While it's true that these two stories don't mention the The King In Yellow explicitly, they are extremely subtle, and you have to read between the lines because there you MAY find the true horrors of the The King In Yellow hidden. Masterful story-telling!

Glad it's back in print
It is nice that someone decided to republish this book (when I was a kid it was almost impossible to find).Anyway, the edition is nice, but it would be cool if someone did an academic edition of the book.I am surprised no one has thought of this yet.

A self-replicating literary curse - brilliant!
Each time a reader reads this book, he or she is actually reading the same book spoken of in the text, the reading of which will drive the reader mad - case in point, the only passages that we are allowed to glimpse from the legendary "King In Yellow" within the stories are the same passages that appear in the actual copy one is reading at the time. For all of you who have seen the film "The Ring", think of it as a videotaped "King In Yellow" - beware the Yellow Sign, lest your reputation become beyond repair! ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Wilson Bulletin, published by Wilson Ornithological Society on September 1, 1995. The length of the article is 3367 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the author: We banded, weighed, and measured 2147 Least Sandpipers (Calidris minutilla) migrating across the Fraser River delta in 1977-1987 and Sidney Island in 1990-1993. The adult migration from late June to early August overlapped the juvenile migration between late July and late September. The mean body mass of adult females on their northward migration was not significantly greater than on their southward migration. Samples sizes of northward migrating males were too small to draw similar comparisons. Adults were not significantly heavier than juveniles on the southward migration. Mean body masses were greatest in the third week of July among adults and in the third week of August among juveniles. The average length of stay during migration was estimated to be about five days in autumn.

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Title: Migration chronology, sex ratio, and body mass of Least Sandpipers in British Columbia.
Author: Robert W. Butler
Publication: Wilson Bulletin (Refereed)
Date: September 1, 1995
Publisher: Wilson Ornithological Society
Volume: v107Issue: n3Page: p413(10)

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This digital document is an article from Wilson Bulletin, published by Wilson Ornithological Society on December 1, 1996. The length of the article is 4098 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the author: We report the locations of 97 sightings of over 15,000 Western Sandpipers (Calidris mauri) color banded in Peru, Panama, Mexico, British Columbia, and Alaska. Ninety-five sightings were made in states and provinces along the Pacific Coast of Central America and North America. One sandpiper banded in British Columbia and one from Peru were seen east of the Rocky Mountains. We propose that most Western Sandpipers migrate from Central and South American winter quarters along the Pacific Coast of North America. We also propose that most post-breeding Western Sandpipers use a trans-Pacific route that bypasses southeast Alaska and makes landfall in southern British Columbia. Western Sandpipers that spend the winter on the Atlantic coast of the USA and in the Caribbean fly a trans-continental route beginning from the Pacific Coast of North America.

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Title: Migration routes of the Western sandpiper.
Author: Robert W. Butler
Publication: Wilson Bulletin (Refereed)
Date: December 1, 1996
Publisher: Wilson Ornithological Society
Volume: v108Issue: n4Page: p662(11)

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This digital document is an article from The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, published by Wilson Ornithological Society on June 1, 2008. The length of the article is 1958 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the author: We observed an adult male Hawai'i 'Amakihi (Hemignathus virens) repeatedly feed a fledgling Palila (Loxioides bailleui). We observed 16-19 food provisions during 14 hrs of observation between 21 and 29 June 2006. The presumed biological parents were frequently seen nearby, but adult Palila were not observed feeding the fledgling.

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Title: Palila (Loxioides bailleui) fledgling fed by Hawai'i 'Amakihi (Hemignathus virens).(SHORT COMMUNICATIONS)(Report)
Author: Chris Farmer
Publication: The Wilson Journal of Ornithology (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 1, 2008
Publisher: Wilson Ornithological Society
Volume: 120Issue: 2Page: 416(3)

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This digital document is an article from The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, published by Wilson Ornithological Society on December 1, 2008. The length of the article is 5010 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the author: The classification of New World martins (Progne) has a convoluted history because taxonomists have relied on plumage traits that vary continuously across populations. We estimated the phylogeny of Progne by analyzing mitochondrial cytochrome b DNA sequences of 27 individuals of eight of the nine species (10 subspecies) and nuclear [beta]-fibrinogen intron 7 sequences of 20 individuals of six species (8 subspecies). The Brown-chested Martin (P. tapera) is sister to other Progne species. The Middle American taxa--Sinaloa Martin (P. sinaloae), Cuban Martin (P. cryptoleuca), Caribbean Martin (P. dominicensis), and Central American populations of Gray-breasted Martin (P. chalybea)--form a well supported clade. This group is distinct from Purple Martin (P. subis), which has no particularly close relatives. All four Middle American taxa appear to be good species, although Cuban and Caribbean martins could be merged in view of their similar plumage and low genetic divergence (1.2%). Two of the South American taxa, the Peruvian Martin (P. murphyi) and Southern Martin (P. elegans), are also distinct species. We did not examine the Galapagos Martin (P. modesta) for lack of DNA, but it is likely to be a good species as well. An unexpected result of the study was that Gray-breasted Martin appears polyphyletic; its South American populations are closer to the Southern Martin than to its Central American populations.

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Title: DNA sequence assessment of phylogenetic relationships among New World martins (Hirundinidae: Progne).(Report)
Author: Robert G. Moyle
Publication: The Wilson Journal of Ornithology (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 1, 2008
Publisher: Wilson Ornithological Society
Volume: 120Issue: 4Page: 683(9)

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This digital document is an article from The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, published by Wilson Ornithological Society on June 1, 2009. The length of the article is 4391 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the author: We studied variation in detection probabilities of several marsh bird species during the breeding season in relation to tidal height (i.e., water level) within several tidal marshes of the northern Gulf of Mexico. Specifically, we examined the influence of tidal height on our ability to detect Clapper Rail (Rallus longirostris), Seaside Sparrow (Ammodramus maritimus), Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris), Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica), and Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus). Detection of Clapper Rails and Seaside Sparrows increased relative to tidal height while detection of Marsh Wrens decreased. Our results suggest that tidal height influences detection of specific marsh bird species, although these effects may differ geographically. We advocate including collection of tidal height information as a part of the survey protocol for effective monitoring of marsh bird populations.

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Title: Influence of tidal height on detection of breeding marsh birds along the northern Gulf of Mexico.(Report)
Author: Scott A. Rush
Publication: The Wilson Journal of Ornithology (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 1, 2009
Publisher: Wilson Ornithological Society
Volume: 121Issue: 2Page: 399(7)

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This digital document is an article from Wilson Bulletin, published by Wilson Ornithological Society on June 1, 1995. The length of the article is 2536 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the author: We studied sheep carcass availability and use by Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) in the Willamette Valley, Oregon, during winter 1990. We determined availability of sheep carcasses every 2-4 days along a 65-km transect. Bald Eagle numbers were counted weekly at five communal roosts. Counts ranged from 13 to 49; immatures consistently outnumbered adults. We calculated persistence rates of 137 sheep carcasses; those [less than]200 m from a road or house were rarely used by eagles and persisted longer than carcasses farther away. Eagles were feeding on sheep carcasses in 83% of feeding observations along the transect, and 87% of 234 Bald Eagle castings contained wool. However, we found no evidence of eagle predation on sheep. Availability of sheep carcasses appears to be a primary factor influencing eagle use of the valley in winter. Our estimate of available sheep carrion/day was more than sufficient to meet the needs of the eagles wintering in the valley. However, if eagle numbers continue to increase or if carrion becomes less available, eagles may leave the valley. We recommend that ranchers make carcasses available to eagles away from sources of human disturbance, rather than burying them as is currently practiced. Received 6 Aug. 1994, accepted 16 Dec. 1994.

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Title: Sheep carcass availability and use by Bald Eagles.
Author: N. Vern Marr
Publication: Wilson Bulletin (Refereed)
Date: June 1, 1995
Publisher: Wilson Ornithological Society
Volume: v107Issue: n2Page: p251(7)

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Chapters: Mark Whitacre, Daniel Ellsberg, Joseph C. Wilson, Smedley Butler, W. Mark Felt, Robert Maclean, Stacy Head, Deep Throat, Sibel Edmonds, Philip Agee, Harry Markopolos, Frank Serpico, Lawrence Wilkerson, Karen Silkwood, Barry Minkow, Karen Kwiatkowski, Clint Curtis, Morris Davis, Hugh Thompson, Jr., Samuel Provance, Linda Tripp, Rigsby Sisters, Russ Tice, Shawn Carpenter, Franklin C. Spinney, Coleen Rowley, Matthew Diaz, Bill Proenza, Diann Shipione, Brad Birkenfeld, John Stockwell, Gerald W. Brown, Richard Barlow, Jesselyn Radack, Cynthia Cooper, Joe Darby, Ian Fishback, Cindy Ossias, Jan Moor-Jankowski, Victor Marchetti, Mary Schiavo, Rick S. Piltz, Jeffrey Wigand, Oscar White Muscarella, Tony Lagouranis, Leuren Moret, Anthony Russo, David Graham, David Franklin, David Macmichael, Edward Martell, Frederic Whitehurst, Jonathan Fishbein, Wendell Potter, Ronald Ridenhour, Eugene Morse, Linda Peeno, Sherron Watkins, Allen Jones, Peter Buxtun, Teresa Chambers, George Galatis, Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, Thomas Tamm, Mark Klein, Jane Turner, Jan Gangelhoff, Gregory Minor, Bunny Greenhouse, Bassem Youssef, A. Ernest Fitzgerald, Iris Mack, Walter Denino, Richard Levernier, Adam B. Resnick, Angelo Lano, Michael Lissack, Michael Dekort, Robert Peernock. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 422. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Joseph Charles Wilson IV (born November 6, 1949) is the CEO of his own firm JC Wilson International Ventures, "a consulting firm specializing in strategic management and international-business development." In January 2007, Wilson joined Jarch Capital, LLC, as vice chairman, to advise the firm's expansion in areas of Africa considered "politically sensitive." A United States Foreign Service diplomat before retiring in 1998, Wilson was posted to African countries and ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=609523 ... Read more